TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS CONTEXTS _ 9 
Central Hall .. .. .. .. .. .. ., .. 9 
North Hall (Domesticated Animals, &c.) .. .. ..32 
Staircase AND Corridors .. .. .; .. .. ..34 
West Wing .. .. - .. 36 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 
Bird Gallery .. .. 36 
Pavilion, with British Land Vertebrates .. .. ..40 
Coral Gallery 43 
Fish Gallery .. .. .. .. . .. .. ..44 
Insect Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. ..48 
Reptile Gallery .. ,. .. .. .. .. ..50 
Star-fish Gallery .. .. .. • .. .. .. 51 
Shell Gallery 53 
Whale Room .. .. .. .. .. ..55 
First Floor .. - 58 
Lower Gallery of Mammals .. ., .. .. 59 
Second Floor .. ... ..64 
Upper Gallery of Mammals .. .. .. .. ,.64 
East Wing 66 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. ..66 
Elephants and Pala^ontological Colleciious .. .. ,. 66 
Fi7-st Floor 81 
Minerahigical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..81 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. 91 
Botanical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..91 
GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE CONTENTS OF THE 
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